Seining apparatus.



A. YANGEY.

SEINING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1906. RENEWED AUG. a $08.

9 1 a 1 @9 Pfianted Apr. 20, 1909. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A. YANGEY.

SEINING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1906. RENEWED AUG. 5, 190a.

1 1 Patented 18.131120, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. iseining apparatus.

Ni En-str rEs ARTHUR YANCEY; OF BILOXI', MISSISSIPPI.

SEINIK G APPARATUS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed Apri124, 1906, Serial No'.-313,475. Renewed August 5,1908. Serial No. 447,139.

:To all wkom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR YANCEY, a citlzen of';thc United States, residing at BiloXi, in the county of Harrison and State of lllisslssippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seinin Apparatus; and I doherebydrelare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thein- I vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

- Tlus:mvent1on relates to improvements in Broad y speaking, the invention consists in providing means for bringing together the lead lines ofa seine'while the seine is being hauled andlanded, and tl1e"particular object of the present invention is to provide means for. facilitating this operation by reducing the friction of the seine on the'operating parts.

Other objects of the invention consist in providing improved means fonm'ounting the depending arm, hereinafter referred to, whereby the same may be readily elevated; also by the disposition of the closing rollers to provide means for the passing of shells. as

the seine is being hauledgalso in providing improved mechanism cooperating to haul the-seine.

Othen'obf'leets and advantages will a pear ;froin-the f0 owing description, and whi e the invention-is not restricted to the specific details illustrated .and. described. still,- for. the

purpose of discldsure, referenceis had to the a'ceom n drawin s showin ractical embo lments of the invention an in which,

1 Eigure 1 is a plan view of'the apparatus. set in operative position, parts being broken "away for clearer illustration. Fig. 2-is a section'al elevation on the line 22 of 'Fig. 1, the webbin and cork l nes for the seine" being omitter and theside stay of theguard net being shown in elevation its full length. Fig.

-3 is a fragmentar view in detail of the upper a plan view of a modified form of sled block and rollers thereon, the depending arm being broken away'. Fig. 6 is a view in'side ele vw' tion, looking toward the right in Fig.5, and Fi 7 is a transverse section on theline7 7 of 'g. 5, but showingthe. upper and lowerrollers corresponding to the vertical rollers hereinafter referred to mounted on 11orizon-- ,tal axes instead of on vertical axes.

' Referring particularly to Figs. 1., 2, and 4, A and A designate a pair of floating supports preferably in the nature of dctachahly connected boats. a and b are the'propeller shafts thereof, and c are countershafts-cx tending adjacent one side of each of said boats, for instance by chain. and sprocl et c ential groove disposed in alinement with the grooves of said \v reels. wheels and gear are housed by the plates 0 and c and suitabletop-plates c and end 'plates. At the rear of each boat'is suitably ournaledthe transversely dis )osed landing roller e, the inner end of whici is provided with an annular groove or guide-Way adapted to aline with the grooved wheels aforesaid. .ransversely disposed atthe rear of one of said boats and projecting beyond the side thereof is a rock shaft f at the projecting end of which is mounted the-depending arm 9 As shown, the Worm preferably provided at its lower portion with v a yoke member comprising spaced' arms 9 adapted to be pivotally connected with a sled. blockhereinafter referred. to. It is preferable that the upper end of the rod 9 be nterlockingly connected to the rock shaft f in suchmanner'that when. unlocked it will be ca able of longitudinal movement. Anysuita le means may be. employe'd'for accomplishing this, and for the purpose of illustration I have shownthe end of the shaft f as being provided with hollow T member f slotted at one or more positions indicated at f to receive a pin or connecting screw f secured to sleeve f 'in'which the de endingarm-g is adapted to slide; This s eeve is provided with longitudinal and transverse slots f 4 and f, respectively, which cooperate with" the pinsf carried by the arm 9 to form a bayonet joint therewith.

' H designates-a triangular guard of netting adapted to extend from the sledhlock to either side of; the boats, forming abarrier for the corralled 'lish at the opening formed by the lead lines extending upwardly from the bed of the stream to the boats. This stays to prevent the skewing of the lower 10 portionol' the depending arm. and hence iolding the sled block rigidly against lateral movement. v

1 designates" a simple form of sled block and suitably mounted thereon is the transverse or horizontal spindle 2 comprising the axis of a pair of horizontal rollers 33. It will bc-observed that by the use of the X pressieirhorizontal rollers, I mean rollers mounted on horizontal axes; and by the expression vertieal rollers, rollers mounted on vertical axes. As shown, these guiding rollers (whichtor mrposes of description will also be reterred to as the horizontal or guiding rollers) are preferablyof an, elem the lead; lines. "The-outer ends of t ie spindles 2- extend beyond the rollers 3- and IIIOUIIlZkPd't-ilbllult are the hemispherical caps or idler rollers 4 revoluble independently of the rollers ,5 and adapted-to rev'ent the 4b l rollers 21 u hen the net is. washed against themiby transverse currents.

' It will be observed thatthe arms of'the yoke nie'mberg are pivotally connected to; the sled block on anaxis co-incident with the axis ofthe horizontal rollers. -ln the drawings they are illustrated as. being pivotally secured to the axis or axes of thehorizontal rollers.

Forward of the horizontal rollers and spaced therefrom area pair of closing, rollers 5, ada'pted to rotate on'vertical axes and here inafter referred to as the yertical or closing .in-Fig. 2 as comprising asphericalportion with a short shank or neck formingagrooveh intact throughout with the web of, the'-barr1er-=- or guideway for guiding the leadlines of;the seine. .Itmay be also preferable-toprovide 60' free ends. adjaeenttherollrsfi and which are adapted to coopratewith said rollers to'p'revent thelead lines from being disengaged" from saitLr'ollers in alaterally inwarddirecm a er-lesse e be ld barrier comprises the trz'insversecable h and It ill be 011- served also. that these side cables 72. act as pull on the wcb ol seines hauled by oilxra'ting.

winding ortaugling ol' the web ling on the rollers. 'l.hcse rollers may be of any suitable form, but are preferably of the form shownthe pivoted loeki'ng buttons'fi having their;

' ;br0ki'i aw 7 apart by-any suitable interposed spring 7, andinay also be provided with a slot 8 'co Loperating with a pin 9 on the sled block to limit their movement toward the vertical. rollers;

. Inthc modification shown in Figs. 5. to 7, 1 the sled block comprises the base port-ion 7 provided on its bottom with a metallic re inforeing plate 8 and also provided with the spaced upright sup )orts 7 on which are suitably journaled the iorizontal rollers. 9' is a transverse member disposed above said hori zontal rollers and hinged as at 10 to sai l;up right member 7 The member 9 is provided witha recessed portion 9 Extending for- 80 \vardly of the cross member 9 is the transverse plate 11 pivotally supported by the pin 11 and the interposed spacing blocks 11 shown more clearly in Fig. 7. "lhis-tr ansverse member, 11 is'provided with a recess adjacent thereeess 9" and having a locking button ll'ficooperating therewith. The plate 11 is also provided withfi-he's'lots 12 circu'nbl erentiallydisposed with relation to'the pivot 11, in which siots'are projected ,the'tying. bolts 13 allowing the member 1 1 to swing on the pivot 11" within the limits oflthe length of said sl0ts.- Depending from the member, 11 is a roller 14 adapted to rotate on the vr- 'tical pivot-15. As shown this roller and iv'ot may be suitably incased as at 16. Simi arly, on the base port-ion 7 'is" 'also' mounted a roller 17, similarly incasedyand this roller may'b'e mounted in any, suitable way such as on a. horizontal axis as shown. In'Fig. 7 both of the rollers l4'and 17 are for the purpose of illustration shown as operatingon horizontal axes l5. r

in Figs. 5 to 7, the horizontal rollers proper or the rollers designed to'direetthe lead lines to the boat, are of a slightly different an slruction from thatillustrated in Figs. 1 and: .3. In this l'orm the rollers 18 aregof asubstantially spheroidal fornr provided with the grooved neck portion 18 (Fig. 7), are hollow and provided with. a central bore throu h which passesa spindle 19 provided with t e screu threaded shank l0 and held in osition by'suitable nuts. 21 designates meta licwear v plates carried by the upright supports 7. 115 In this construction 'itwill also be seen that .instead of providing a single spindle 2 for the horizontal rollers, these horizontal rollers are mounted on separate spindles and/it will also be noted that the arrns g of the y oke loosely engage the -shank end of the 'spindles. InlFigsithe web B of the seine is shown.

broken? away on that sidefor felearn ,'ofillustran while the web..-B.' ii glisclos'in'ginoreclearly the f' t hr 'htrl imz F .4 1.1 m 1 earring igs. 1 -to w'it e" line-G and'the lead'lin'es D set as shown, it ,will be observed that the seine is'reirdylfor haulinga Power being ap lied to the shafts 1 the rollers 5 upon continued winding up ,of

. the lead line 0 a seine for closing the webs ing rollels. e. It will a so be seen that if it is ,desired to elevate the sled block for any slightly rotated to --and the sled block. This would .opd ratois lockthe lead lines in t e closing lead lines of course also passing-beneath the 'ver e the lead lines of'a seine in a substana, motion is transmitter to the shafts b Whichthmugh the worm gearing rotate the sheaves c c and. the lead lines. of the seine passin beneath these sheaves and ovemtheidler are drawn in, guided upwardly by the rollers 3, having iiist assed around the closing-rollers 5 from the outwardly diverging direction bounding the areaj of the set seine. At the same time as' the lead lines are being hauled in, it will'-also ,b eob served,. as previously mentioned, that the surface presented to the lead lines by the restricted portion of the rollers 3 being of lesser diameter than that presented to the webbing, the forward rollers are'cleared by hastening the movement of the web in counteraction of the oblique tractipn ofthe net-when the seine is hauled by the lead lines, which-is an important feature. Also it willbe' seen that as the seine is being hauled, the wbbingatthe rear end of the boat is symmetrically assed over the landreason, for instance when the ha of the seine 'has been reached, the slee e f is permit" he pins f, to come into alinement with the slot f when the deplending; arm 9 may be slid longitudinally .t rough the sleeve f ,":and this may the more readily be doneby any suita'ble connection between the power actuating means be accom; plished when the pocket of the seine reaches the lead lines.

*eIn referringsto Fi s. 5 to -7 ,after the school of fish' have. een surrou died, the

rollers by releasing the hingcd'member 9 and swinging the member 11 (m -"its pivot 11 through an angle sufficient to separate the rollers 14 and. l7to receive thcg' lcad lines. The member 11 is then swung atound to its initial position and the" hinged member 9 locked in its 'normal position by the locking button 1%), when the dependim arm with the sled lock is put overboari with the grooved portion r neck 18 of thc'rollers 18. Having thusdegribed the invention, what I claim is:

I. In soining ap "status, the combination with apluralit 0 r0 rs to guide together of same, of a plurality of rollers to direct said lead line toward "the surface of the water. l 2. In seining apparatus, the combination with a sled block, of a pldralitylfof closing rollers mountedathereon and adapted to contia y horizontal direction for closing the webs thereof, and a plurality of guidmgl rollers adapted to direct said lead lines upwardly from their horizontal plane of convergence.

3, In seining apparatus, the combination with a sled block, of a plurality of closing rollers mounted thereon adapted to con verge the lead lines of a seine in a substantiallyhcriaontal direction for closing the webs thereof, a plurality of guiding rollers adapted to direct the load lines upwardly from their horizontal plane of convergence.

a support, and a ('lepending arm carried by? said support and pivotally connected to said sled block on an axis coincidentiivith the axis of said guiding rollers.

4. 1n seining'apparatus, the com giin'ation of means for converging and direc'ing upwardly the lead lines of a seine, c'unprising a plurality of sets of suitably mounted closing and guiding rollers, said sets of rollers being spaced apart to allow of the pa. :igc of foreign matter apt to tangle in the cob adjacent the lead lines.

5. In seining apparatus, the combinaticn, of means for converging and directing up wardly the lead lines of a seine, comprising horizontal guiding rollers mounted closing rollers.

6. ;In seining apparatus, the c mhinzttion of means cooperating to converge aml'direct upwardly the lead lines of a seinei containing'as elements a horizontal guiu rig-roller and a vertical closing roller.

' 7. In serum" a )aratus the combination ofnieans cooperating to converge and direct upwardly the lead lines of a seine containing as elements a horizontal guiding roller and vertical closing'rollers disposed forward of and aced from said horizontal rolls".

8. n seining apparatus, the combination and snitalrly with a support located adjacent the surface of the water, an arm de ending from said support, a shoe suspende by said arm, clos ing means and gu din means for the lead lines of a seine carried by said shoe, and side stays extending from said support to 'the lower end of said arm for holdmg the latter rigid'against lateral movement.

' 9, In seining apparatus, the combination witlna' support located adjacent the sulface. of they water, an arm de endingfrom said support, a-shoe suspende by said a'rm, clos- 'ing means and guiding means for the lead lines of a seine carried. by said shoe, side stays extending from saisupport to the' lower end of saidarmfor holding the latter rigid against lateral movement, and webbing extending between said side stays for forminga barrier.

10. In seining apparatus, the combination with a support located adjacent the surface of the water, an arm de ending fromsaid;-

support, a shoe suspendu by'said arm, ing and guidin'gmeans for the lead lines of a. seine carried by said shoe, side stays extendof a support, of a on for converging and leading-upwardly tos'aiding from said support to the lower-end of said arm for holding the latter rigid against'lat eral movement and webbing extending between said side stays for forming a barrier and provided withv ringsLloosely enrircling said depending arm, I

11. In seining a paratus, the combination or looking said arm against ongitudina'l movement, and means carried by the lower -endof said arm for converging and leading upwardly the lead lines of a seine.

I -1-2.- In semlng apparatus, the combination with a support, of a rock shaft carried by said support, a sleeve carried by said rock shaft at right angles thereto and so mounted as to be capable of limited axial rotation, said sleeve being provided with an axial and a circumferentially disposed slot communicxit ing with each other, a depending arm slidably mounted in said sleeve, a pin carried by said arm and cooperating with s'aidslots to unlock and interlock said arm and sleeve, and meanscarried by the lower end of said arm support the lead lines of a seine.

'13. In seining apparatus, the combination with a support, of a plurality of sheaves carried by'said support, an idler roller inter-' posed "between said sheaves, said sheaves itudinally' movable deending arm earned by sald sup 011 means androller being adapted to engage'the'lead lines of a ,seine at opposite positions to their circumference, means, for simultaneously operating said sheaves in the same direction 0 O r a.

rotation, and means cooperatin to converge and lead upwardlythe lead ines of a seine in a substantial plane of alinement wlth said sheaves.

14. In seim'ng apparatus, thecombination withxt sled block com rising a base support 'and a member pivote to turn horizontally posed above said guiding rollers, a pivoted member forward. of said hinged member, means for locking said hinged and pivoted membels'together, and closing rollers carried by raid sled block and pivoted member.

' lnltestimony whereof, I aflix'my signature, 'injpre'sence'of two witnesses.

ARTHUR YANCEY.

fWitnesses: A Q .7 B. A. Bonn, E. ToUsEUER'r. 

